Posted by MuseMemento on June 17, 2014, at 14:38:49
In reply to Re: Polypharmacy/How many is too many? » MuseMemento, posted by SLS on June 17, 2014, at 7:50:03
Thanks, SLS. I think that was the response I needed to read. The conditions I'm attempting to treat are major depressive disorder, OCD, GAD and EDNOS. The following are the medications that I've tried and had a partial response to:
Wellbutrin (cognition and energy)
Zoloft (only in combination with Wellbutrin)
Paxil (again, only in combination with Wellbutrin)
Celexa (long ago and recently failed a trial of lexapro)
Pregabalin (anxiety and OCD)
Modafinil (energy level, OCD, cognition)
Quetiapine (anxiety, OCD and sleep but increased appetite seemed to make it untenable for long-term treatment)
Lamotrigine (it's early in my trial but it seems to be assisting with anxiety and OCD)
ephedrine (not technically a psych med but aided energy and mood at one time)
lorazepam (anxiety and sleep)
trazodone (sleep)Meds I've tried without response or with poor side effects:
escitalopram, mirtazapine, nortriptyline, clomipramine (about six and a half weeks at 100 mg and not sure I've noticed any improvement), lithium, venlafaxine, desvenlafaxine, aripiprazole, methylphenidate, fluoxetine, propranolol. It seems like there must be more but those are the ones I can currently think of. I'm interested in trying an MAOI at some point but my cognition is so poor at the moment and my eating disorder so unstable that I don't know if I could actually adhere to the MAOI diet. Any assistance would be most appreciated!
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